Rail fastener



Patented Jan. 20, 1925.

UNITE sirrss OSCAR KNCAID, OF HAZARD, KENTUCKY.

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Application filed April 26, 1924.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR KrNoAn), a citizen of the United States, residing at Hazard, in the county of Perry and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Rail Fasteners', of which the following` is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

rl`his invention relates to rail fasteners and more particularly to a rail fastener adapted for use in securin the rails of mine railways in position to the metallic ties thereof.

A further object of the invention 1s to provide a device of this character which is readily shiftable to accommodate rails of differentwidths and having flanges of different sizes and in which the adjustment necessary to alteration can be accomplished by the use of the ordinary trackmans hammer and without the use of any other tools whatever.

rllhese and other objects attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of il lustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein z- Figure 1 is a plan view showing a tie having rail fasteners constructed in accordance with my invention, the rail fastener at one end of the tie being shown in position to hold the 1ail in applied position and at the other end of the tie being shown in position to permit removal of the rail;

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional 'view taken through t-he fasteners, tie and "ail,

Figure 3 is an inverted perspective of one of the rail fasteners removed;

Figure 4: is an enlarged plan view of one of the fasteners.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the fastener comprises a hub portion l0 having a flat lower face and having radiating therefrom a plurality of wings 11. Two of these wings are diametrically opposed to one another and the remaining wings all lie to one side of the hub with respect to these aligned Wings. The wings 11 have their under surfaces shaped to abut the lower portion of the web 12 of a rail and the upper and outer surface of the base 13 thereof at the same side of the rail, these wings being under-cut to fit against rails of different sizes.

Serial No. 709,215.

In the use of the device, the fasteners are secured to the metallic tie 14 by means of rivets passing through the tie and through a central opening l5 formed in the hub portion l0 of the fastener. The fasteners are arranged in pairs directly opposing one another and are so spaced that when any corresponding pair of wings is aligned the distance between two fasteners will accommodate a rail of a given weight. These wings are each marked upon the upper surfaces thereof to designate what weight of rail they are designed to coact with as, in the present instance, by applying indicia 16 each giving the weight of the rails with which that particular wing is adapted to coact. Vhen it is known, for example, that a twenty-five pound rail is to be applied to the tie, the rail is simply placed in position betwen the fasteners and the fastener rotated by tapping with the usual traclrmans hamruer until the proper wings are aligned, at which time the rail will be very firmly held in position upon the tie and exactly centered between the fasteners. rail fastener being flattened, by aligning these side faces with the side edges of the rails the rails are cleared by the fasteners and may be vertically elevated for removal. TWhere adjoining ends of a rail are to be applied to the same tie, two pairs of the fasteners may be secured to the tie at the side at which the joint is to be made.

lt will be obvious that a fastener of this type becomes a permanent part of the tie and is shifted with the tie, permitting application of any desired size of rail to the tie and eliminating the necessity of separately transporting the rail fasteners and einploying a number of tools in such transportation. It will furthermore he obvious that the construction as hereinbefore set forth is capable of a certain range of change and modification without materially departing from the spirit of my invention and I accordingly do not limit myself to such specific structure except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim ln combination with a metallic mine car rail tie, pairs of opposed rail fasteners permanently and rotatably secured to said tie and each including a plurality of radially directed arms, said arms being adapted as to length and the contour of the under surfaces thereof for coaction with rails of dif- One side face of the ferent Weights, Vsaid urine ,each bearing indicia indicatingV the Weightl of the rtti'l with which they are adepte-d to ooaot, two of Aseid arins being diametricelly r@Aligned with the remainder of the arms lying at one side of the pvot point from Said aligned irme whereby a Hat side is provided upon the fagtener, the arrangement of the Het `Sides of the fasteners n opposition to one another permitting' vertical removal o'i a rail heid 10 therebetween.

In testimony whereof I hereunto :lf'fix my signature.

' OSCAR KINCAID. 

